Doorstop



Aug. 25, 1931. .1. H. PATRICK ErAL DOORSTOP Filed NOV. 20, 1950 vso 'as to provide 50 weight ofthe brace.k

seemed' Aug. 25. i931' y UNITED STATES;

JAMES H. PATRICK AND LEoNABnH. animieren', 0F sAiv 1Josie.' CALIrcmivIA- YThis invention relates to door stops for the like and the general object is. to provide i a very simple, cheap and convenient stop 5 which is adapted to be mounted'upon the inf side face ofthe door and which when shifted to one position will dragon the ground `or iioor as the doorisswung open and automatically brace the door? lagainst any inward l Y' l@ swinging .movement, thusholding rthe door y open,` and whichwhen the door is closed' may vbe turned upinto aninoperative position.

- A .further object is vto provide a deviceof this character in which'the stop proper is! 'l5 manually shiftable upon its supporting'bracket or base intoeither its raised ori lowered position and in which the stop proper is f locked against bodily vertical Y movement when so shifted.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

Our invention is illustrated inthe accom-i i a rubber tip thereon.

' Referring to these drawings, l() rdesignates f the base'of our improved stop. This base is formed with ears or otherwise This base on each side has a'longitudinallyy slot is angularly or inwardly extended as'at 13. The upper end of this slot is also inwardly extended as at 14, ythe inward extension 14 extending to the inner face of the base. This inward extension 14 of the slot 12y is preferably slightly. inclined forward and l downward, though we do not wish to'be limited to this, so as to permit the pins 12 tor ticular means for forming this door stop.

readilyI enter the portion' 14. This inclination, the p `Garage doors,. stabledoors, barn doors andv Figure :2 is a section on the line l2- 2 of is a fragmentary elevation` sho w- 30 ing the klower end of the brace or prop with for the attachment'of thev base by means of screws 11'to a door A.V

however, is not` great enough to permit' in toslideV down the slot under the,

- suitable material. vIt Vwill be seen that the v 100` f The stop proper is designated generally 1 5. i

Itispreferably hollow eX'cept-jforxthe ltwo i 'side walls andthey web 16. TThe lrear end is forked by cutting` away thevfweb' 16 and* the 'inner faces of the side f walls fare provided 1 .5 4 Ywith'finwa-rdly extending studs" or pins 17 Vengaged in the slots 12. If this stop'is to bev v f used on an inside door,-as for instance Ona house door, itis preferably provided at its-lfV lower endwith a rubber Afoot 18. For barn en; doors or garage doors, such arubber footis not necessary.

- n'the operation yof thisdevice, the l l are linserted into the slots 12 vthrough the eX- tensions 14 of the slots. The base is attached 'esl ,y Yto the face of the door, thus closing the ex A tensions 14 and thus preventing thel detach-V nientof the brace or stop proper 15. yWhen, the stop is not in use, the brace 15 will be vraisedto its full extent and then the upper '7o end of the brace shiftedrearward Vso Las to carry the pins 17 into the extension 14, thus f holding the brace from downward movement j upon the base. If it be desiredto use the l stop, as for instance, whenthe door is about to be opened, the upper end'of the brace is shifted outward tocarry the pins intothe slots 12 and the brace then drops down. As *l the door swings open, the brace will take an inclined position and-the lower'end of it 80` i i will ride over the lioor or ground. Y

The brace willgdrop down-sufficiently so y that the pins will enter the extension slots 13 and then if the reverse pres-sure cornes y Vupon the stop" or brace 15, the pins in the eX- tensions 13 willprevent any upward move- E ment of the brace relative Vto thebase and the 1"' f base will hold the door to the 'extent to which it has been opened.y When it is desired toy f release the door so asto close it, the upper 9o vend of the brace 15 is drawn outward untll ythepins Vreach the slots 12. Then the brace mayV be lifted until the pins are disposed within the slotsy 14, thus locking thestop in its raisedposition.

Wey do not wish A 95 to. bel limited to anyy par- The structure might be made ofwoodor of cast metal orof sheet metalor of any other device is very simple, may be cheaply made, is easily assembled and applied, and is thoroullily effective for the purpose intended.

e claim t A door holder of the character described, comprising a base having means whereby it may be attached to the inside face of a door,

` the base beingformed on each of its side faces tending angular extension, and a brace coactwith a longitudinally extending slot, the upper end of each slot having an angular extension extending to the inner face of the base and the lower end having an inwardly eX- ing with the base, the brace being forked at its upper end to embrace the slotted portion of the base, the fork having inwardly exp tending pinsengageable in said slots.

rIn testimony Whereoe We hereunto affix` four signatures.

` JAMES El. PATRICK.

vLEONARD H. PATRICK. 

